diff -Naurp mc-4.8.8/lib/strutil/strutil.c mc-4.8.8-patch/lib/strutil/strutil.c
--- mc-4.8.8/lib/strutil/strutil.c	2013-03-07 12:45:57.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.8.8-patch/lib/strutil/strutil.c	2013-05-14 09:39:14.000000000 +0300
@@ -322,16 +322,7 @@ str_translate_char (GIConv conv, const c
 const char *
 str_detect_termencoding (void)
 {
-    if (term_encoding == NULL)
-    {
-        /* On Linux, nl_langinfo (CODESET) returns upper case UTF-8 whether the LANG is set
-           to utf-8 or UTF-8.
-           On Mac OS X, it returns the same case as the LANG input.
-           So let tranform result of nl_langinfo (CODESET) to upper case  unconditionally. */
-        term_encoding = g_ascii_strup (nl_langinfo (CODESET), -1);
-    }
-
-    return term_encoding;
+    return "UTF8";
 }
 
 static int
diff -Naurp mc-4.8.8/lib/tty/tty-slang.c mc-4.8.8-patch/lib/tty/tty-slang.c
--- mc-4.8.8/lib/tty/tty-slang.c	2013-03-07 12:45:57.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.8.8-patch/lib/tty/tty-slang.c	2013-05-14 09:40:10.000000000 +0300
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ tty_init (gboolean mouse_enable, gboolea
 {
     SLtt_Ignore_Beep = 1;
 
-    SLutf8_enable (-1);         /* has to be called first before any of the other functions. */
+    SLutf8_enable (1);         /* has to be called first before any of the other functions. */
     SLtt_get_terminfo ();
     /*
      * If the terminal in not in terminfo but begins with a well-known